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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1968
Page
1
Planes and ships search opposite ends of the Mediterranean for two submarines missing with 121 men aboard. France’s Minerve and Israel’s Dakar are unaccounted after the Dakar disappeared off Cyprus and the Minerve last reported off Toulon.
President Johnson asks for record outlays of 186.1 billion and a 10.2 billion income tax surcharge to fund war needs in Vietnam. He urges a 10 percent tax rise starting April 1 for individuals and retroactive to Jan 1 for corporations, warning deficits would rise without the tax. The 556 page message stresses anti poverty crime and pollution programs and a 76.7 billion Defense budget largely for Vietnam.
In Saigon, allies scrapped the Tet truce in the northern sector as North Vietnamese forces mass a 40 000 to 50 000 man invasion along the DMZ and into Laos. The new 320th Division is identified among the enemy formations, prompting warnings the threat is serious and a 36 hour pause would allow replenishment and movement.
The senior class presents the three act Broadway comedy You Cant Take It With You by Moss Hart and George Kaufman. Performances are at 8 p.m. on February 3 and 5 in the Junior High Auditorium with direction by Mr. Kent Dutt and Mark Rosa. Tickets are 50 cents for students and 75 cents for adults.
A fragmented folk message questions a possible tax mistake and whether to hide or delay payment before authorities act. No concrete names, dates, or official entities are present.
Monticello High School concert band directed by Kenneth L. Krattiger to perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday January 30 in the high school gym admission free. Selections include Totem Pole Colas Breugnon Overture Sure Thing Lara's Theme Red's White and Blue March Waltzing Winds and The Third Man. Atom Smasher project
More than 300 women will canvass Monroe tonight starting at 6 p.m. for the March of Dimes Mothers March to raise funds for birth defect patient care and research. Proceeds are tabulated at Commercial and Savings Bank, with pickup possible by calling the bank. The campaign runs through January in Monroe with Sue Buening chairing tonight and Terry Buening guiding the January drive.
Green County Republicans set a campaign meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Monroe City Council chambers with Mrs Eileen Wagner chairing the More Ways to Win program and Dr Jack Robilette assisting. Pope Paul VI praised Dr Christiaan Barnard after a 20 minute talk in Vatican City.
Monroe unit of the 1158th Transportation Company Madison will train June 8 22 at Camp McCoy Wisconsin as part of a five post summer program for the Wisconsin Army National Guard amid potential reserves mobilization. Other units at Camp McCoy include the 32nd Infantry Brigade and 724th Engineer Battalion with headquarters in Superior Milwaukee and Tomah.
Three persons were injured in twelve county mishaps over the weekend with two city accidents also reported. Lary R. Arn of Juda bruised his left knee when his car hit a telephone pole about seven fifty four Saturday morning two miles east of Monroe on Highway 1181. James W. Klappstein of Madison reported neck injuries after a one car crash Saturday afternoon eight miles northeast of Albany on County Trunk C. The vehicle struck a fire marker sign and damaged property owned by Robert W. Olson of Evansville. Harland J. Mahlikuch of Route 1 Juda suffered a cut lip and head bump in the same stretch of incidents.
An American Field Service event at St. Victor’s gym in Monroe honors Eva Mazzetta of Roma Italy a Monroe High School student. The program from 2 to 4 p m Sunday Feb 4 features a panel with Mazzetta and three other AFS students Maria Fiore Mamiko Yamada Martin Elman moderator Joseph Urban. Refreshments and social hour follow. admission is free. Witnesses include other local notes on vehicle mishaps and incidents in surrounding towns.
The George S. Parker Senior High School Band of Janesville performs at 10:15 a.m. for Monroe High School students and at 12:50 p.m. for Junior High students. Director Walter E. Schroeder, Monroe High School alumnus, leads pieces from Bach, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Alpert. About 200 seats are free for Monroe residents for the 12:50 show in the Junior High auditorium.
The Monroe High School instrumental group Blow Notes will perform as preliminary music for the Rotary Club travelogue on Wednesday evening January 31 at the Junior High School Auditorium from 7:45 to 8:00. Members include John Deininger as leader and cornet, JoEllen Gordee on piano, Sue Mahlbuch on tenor sax, Tom Schilt on clarinet and alto sax, Marjorie Wilson on trombone, Tim Nondahl on sousaphone, and Steve Rosa on drums.
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